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Ex-Credit Suisse CEO Thiam Wins Bid for Shot to Lead Ivory Coast

[ad_1] Former Credit Suisse chief Tidjane Thiam has won his bid to lead Ivory Coast’s opposition in presidential elections scheduled for 2025. Results of a vote announced late Friday showed the 61-year old former banker convincingly defeating his sole opponent to be the head of the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast, which ruled the West African nation for decades after independence in 1960 but has been out of power since 1999. [ad_2] Source link